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Antonyms for predicant
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pred-i-kuh nt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛd ɪ kənt |
Definition of predicant
- As in clergyman : noun minister
- As in clergyperson : noun minister of church
- “Some children,” said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
- Extract from : « A Forgotten Hero » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Also my quarrel with the predicant had put me out of temper.
- Extract from : « Swallow » by H. Rider Haggard
- The loose leaves had been first collected by another Brother Henry, also a predicant friar.
- Extract from : « Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde » by Matilda of Magdeburg
- I remember Suzanne standing before the little table, behind which was the predicant with his book.
- Extract from : « Swallow » by H. Rider Haggard
- Luckily, the predicant took no notice of this incident, for he was thinking about himself as he was too prone to do.
- Extract from : « Swallow » by H. Rider Haggard
- Seeing the "predicant" coming, the old man hastily opened his Bible and began to read at random.
- Extract from : « South African Memories » by Lady Sarah Wilson
- A tournament of that class was being held all that summer between the regular priests and the newly-instituted Predicant Friars.
- Extract from : « Earl Hubert's Daughter » by Emily Sarah Holt
- For two hours Erasmus Smith, the Boer predicant, argued in vain in behalf of his flock.
- Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson
- It appears probable that at an early period of their preaching, a very large percentage of the Predicant Friars were Gospellers.
- Extract from : « The Well in the Desert » by Emily Sarah Holt
Synonyms for predicant
- abbey
- archbishop
- bible thumper
- bishop
- blackcoat
- cardinal
- cassock
- chaplain
- churchman
- churchperson
- cleric
- clerk
- curate
- dean
- devil dodger
- divine
- ecclesiast
- ecclesiastic
- evangelist
- father
- harp polisher
- missionary
- monsignor
- padre
- parson
- pastor
- person of God
- person of the cloth
- pontiff
- preacher
- predicant
- priest
- primate
- pulpitarian
- pulpiteer
- rabbi
- rector
- reverend
- sermonizer
- shepherd
- sky pilot
- sky scout
- the rev
- turn-around collar
- vicar
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